Today’s children and young people have grown up in a world that is very different from that of most adults. Nearly half the world's population- more than 3 billion people-are under the age of 25. Eighty-five per cent of youth live in developing countries and India has the largest population of adolescents in the world being home to 243 million individuals aged 10-19 years. Within the world of the young, adolescents are at a particularly formative stage. These 1.2 billion adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 are brimming with energy and possibilities. Their minds are open to acquiring knowledge, learning skills and absorbing values. METHODOLOGY: The research design is the plan, structure and strategy of investigation for answering the research questions. It is the overall plan or blue print the researcher selects to carry out the study. The research design selected for the present study is Pre-Experimental Design (i.e, one group pre-test and post-test pre experimental design). In this design pre-test is conducted followed by video assisted teaching programme and then post-test for the same group after 7 days. This study was conducted in Governement Degree College at Hassan. Data were analyzed in terms of objectives of the study. FINDINGS: Result indicates that majority of the degree students lacked knowledge on psychological dependence on internet and social networking. The Video Assisted Teaching Programme given by the investigator helped the degree students to improve their knowledge. The effectiveness of VAT was tested in terms of gain in knowledge and the findings showed that it was statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study proved VAT is an effective strategy in improving the knowledge compared to their pre-test knowledge scores. CONCLUSION: The finding of the study concluded that the degree students have lack of knowledge on psychological problem due to internet and social networking. The implementation of VAT interventions which will help them to create awareness and helps to develop positive attitude towards psychological depenence on internet and social networking.

Keywords : Internet, social networking, psychological dependence effectiveness of VAT and clinical variables and Socio-demographic variables.